10 THINGS YOU CAN DO
10 THINGS YOU CAN DO TO START A REUSABLE BAG HABIT
- Wage a campaign in your town or city to end the use of single-use bags by encouraging legislators to implement a grocery bag fee. Contact advocacy@chicobag.com for more information.
- Talk to local community and environmental groups about the bag issue and find out if they want to get involved.
- Create a petition asking for your city to take on the single-use bag problem and create a healthy reusable bag habit. Circulate it at schools, universities, the library, grocery stores, farmer’s markets, and anywhere else where you can connect with your neighbors.
- Encourage local retailers to start a smart bagging policy with these tips:
- Offer a bag refund to customers who bring their own reusable bags.
- Place signs reminding people to bring their own bags
- Create a reusable bag drop-off for others to use.
- Create an in-store bag recycling program.
- Sell reusable bags in their store. - Bring an extra reusable bag to the grocery store the next time you shop and give it away to a stranger who doesn’t have them. Ask them to “Pay it Forward” and give a reusable bag away the next time they shop.
- Write a letter to the newspaper
explaining the environmental problems with paper and plastic bags. Use our resources
to help you come up with talking points.
- Start a ChicoBag fundraiser to raise money for an environmental or litter prevention group. Contact info@chicobag.com for more information!
- Stage a Bag Monster® sighting in your community. Contact bagmonster@chicobag.com to set it up!
- Give your friends and family reusable bags as gifts for birthdays, graduation, housewarming parties, and special holidays.
- Set a good example by just saying no to single-use bags when you're at the store. Others in line will follow suit!
Ross Mirkarimi kicked Bag Monster® out of San Francisco
ChicoBag Girl does her part to fight Bag Monsters®